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Music Marc Lamont Hill All But Confirms A New Jay-Z Album Is On The Way Jay-Z recently gave us a freestyle at the Roots Picnic, which has led to rumblings that he might be dropping an album soon. By Alexander Cole June 03, 2026
Sports Dez Bryant Apologizes For "Crashing Out" With Nicki Minaj Beef Dez Bryant traded several insults with Nicki Minaj after weighing in on Micah Parsons' contract situation over the weekend. By Cole Blake August 04, 2025
Music New Tay-K Mugshots Surface Online There have been some erroneous rumors concerning Tay-K circulating online, and now, there is an actual update on the artist. By Alexander Cole June 08, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake's First Three Albums Are Worth More Than Jay-Z's Entire Discography DJ Akademiks knows how to get people riled up, and his latest take on Drake and Jay-Z is certainly going to do just that. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music Ice Spice's New Song "Pretty Privilege" Makes Fans Debate Cardi B Beef Rumor While Ice Spice's original snippet coincided with a Cardi B beef flare-up, its official release has fans doubting this narrative. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
Music Drake Sparks Uproar After Joining Morgan Wallen On Tour In Houston Drake and country singer Morgan Wallen previously collaborated on the song, "You Broke My Heart" back in 2023. By Cole Blake June 22, 2025
Music XXXTentacion Murder Suspect Freed After Five Years In Prison Robert Allen IV pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed robbery for his role in XXXTentacion's death in 2018. By Caroline Fisher March 31, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Trolls Trippie Redd Over Young Thug's GloRilla Comments Young Thug has since apologized to GloRilla, but 6ix9ine still laughed at his remark that only guys like Trippie Redd want to be with her. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Shows Immense Love To Clipse & "Let God Sort Em Out" Freddie Gibbs is like many hip-hop fans this year with his take on Clipse's "Let God Sort Em Out" and the run they're on. By Zachary Horvath September 01, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Explains Why He's Worried About Young Thug The rant comes after Charleston White claimed that Young Thug and his crew allegedly attacked him over the weekend. By Cole Blake April 01, 2026
Music Ice Spice Reveals Her Weight Gain Secret And How She Feels About Pressure In Rap Ice Spice had the internet kind of furious after dropping some noticeable weight last year, with some claiming she was using Ozempic. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Music Big30’s Bond Stayed In Gucci Mane Kidnapping Case Pooh Shiesty and Big30 were recently arrested and hit with charges related to the alleged kidnapping and robbery of Gucci Mane. By Caroline Fisher April 08, 2026